The Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, also known as
CPH:DOX, has announced the program lineup for its 11th iteration, which will run from November 7th through 17th. The festival has steadily expanded in both quality and popularity, and this year will present over 200 films as well as two curated programs by Ai Weiwei and The Yes Men. The Chinese artist has selected 10 films for this year’s festival, which reflect artists’ role and responsibility towards the acts of the establishment. The activist duo brings the mainstream media into focus with eight films which urge spectators to think for themselves.

For the first
time since its 2003 founding, the festival is determined to inspire a new
conceptual direction by offering a unifying theme: Everything is under control.

"This year, we not
only have two programs that have been curated by artists, who also work as
political activists, but we are also introducing a new prize that pays tribute
to the critical and journalistic documentary. Both create movement and urge the
spectators to be active citizens. I also notice that there is a general
tendency among the films in this year's program to be more than observing; they
also urge the audience to act," festival director Tine Fischer remarked on the
changing dynamics of the festival.